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Introduction 



i 

' The history of iEsop’s life is very uncertain, 

. and it is doubtful whether the great fabulist was 

not merely a convenient myth which served as 

a kind of peg for ancient authors to hang their 

fables on. What we know of his life is derived 

from Herodotus, Plutarch, and Diog. Laertius. 

According to these authors, iEsop lived in the 

latter part of the sixth century B.C. He was at 

first a slave at Samos, but was liberated by his 

master as a reward for his wit and learning. 

Croesus, the famous King of Lydia, on hearing 

Hisop pursue a learned discussion with Solon, 

Thales, and other renowned philosophers, at once 

took him into his service and intrusted him 

with a number of diplomatic missions requiring 

tact and delicate handling. It was on one of 

these missions that he lost his life. Having been 

sent to Delphi with a quantity of treasure to be 

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distributed among the citizens, he was so dis- 
gusted with their cupidity and greed that he 
refused to divide the money, and sent it back to 
his master. This so infuriated the populace that 
they dragged him to the edge of a precipice and 
hurled him headlong on to the sharp rocks below. 

In regard to the fables themselves not much is 
known beyond that they were current in the 
brilliant period of Athenian literature, and that 
in the days of Augustus a Greek author named 
Babrias made a collection of them. Of the fables 
now bearing the name of A^sop there are three 
sets — the first from a manuscript of the thirteenth 
century; the second a collection by Maximus 
Planudes, containing a Life of A£sop adorned with 
minute particulars of his life, entirely fictitious; 
and the third a collection found in manuscript at 
Heidelberg. 


TSOP’S FABLES 



The Crow and the Pitcher 


A Crow dying with thirst saw a pitcher, 
and, hoping to find water, flew to it with great 
delight. When he reached it, he saw to his 
grief that it held so little water that he 
could not possibly get at it. He tried every- 



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thing he could think of to reach the water, 
but all his efforts were in vain. At last he 
brought as many stones as he could carry, 
and dropped them one by one with his beak 
into the pitcher, until he brought the water 
within his reach, and thus saved his life. 
Necessity is the mother of invention. 


The Lion and the Mouse 

A Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse 
running over his face. Rising up in anger, 
he caught him and was about to kill him, 
when the Mouse prayed for mercy, saying : 
“If you would only spare my life, I would 
be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion 
laughed and let him go. It happened shortly j 
aft-er this that the Lion was caught by some 
hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to 
the ground. The Mouse knowing his roar, 
came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, 
and setting him free, exclaimed: “You 


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laughed at the idea of my ever being able to 
help you, not expecting to receive from me 
any return of your favor ; but now you know 
that it is possible for even a Mouse to give 
help to a Lion.” 


The Fox and the Goat * 

A Fox having fallen into a deep well, was 
kept a prisoner there, as he could find no 
means of getting out. A thirsty Goat came 
to the same well, and, seeing the Fox, asked 
if the water was good. The Fox, pretending 
that he liked to stay in the well, praised the 
water very highly, and encouraged the Goat 
to come down. The Goat, thinking only of 
his thirst, foolishly jumped down, when, just 
as he quenched his thirst, the Fox told him 
of the difficulty they were both in, and sug- 
gested a way of getting out. “ If,” said he, 
“you will place your fore-feet upon the wall, 
and bend your head, I will run up your back 


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and jump out, and will help you out after- 
wards.” On the Goat assenting to this plan, 
the Fox jumped upon his back, and with the 
help of the Goat’s horns reached in safety the 
mouth of the well, when he immediately ran 
off as fast as he could. The Goat called to. 
him to come back and help him out, but the 
Fox turned around and cried out : “You fool- 
ish old fellow ! If you had as many brains in 
your head as you have hairs in your beard, 
you would never have gone down before you 
had found the way up, nor have put yourself 
in danger from which you had no means of 
escape.” 

Look before you leap. 


The Oak and the Reeds 

A very large Oak was uprooted by the 
wind, and thrown across a stream. It fell 
among some Reeds, which it thus addressed : 
“ I wonder how you, who are so light and 


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weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong 
winds.” They replied, ‘‘You fight and con- 
tend, with the wind, and consequently you are 
destroyed ; while we on the contrary bend be- 
fore the least breath of air, and therefore re- 
main unbroken, and escape.” 

Stoop to conquer . 


The Travelers and the Plane- 
tree 

Two Travelers, worn out by the heat of the 
summer’s sun, laid themselves down at noon 
under the wide-spreading branches of a Plane- 
tree. As they rested under its shade, one of 
the Travelers said to the other, “ What a use- 
less tree is the Plane ! It bears no fruit, and 
is not of the least use to man.” The Plane- 
tree, interrupting him, said, “You ungrateful 
fellows ! Do you, while receiving benefits 
from me, and resting under my shade, dare to 
describe me as useless and unprofitable ? ” 

Some men despise their greatest blessings . 



The Fox and the Crane 

A Fox invited a Crane to supper, and pro- 
vided nothing for him to eat but some soup 
poured out into a broad flat stone dish. The 
soup fell out of the long bill of the Crane at 
every mouthful, and the Fox thought that it 
was one of the funniest things he had ever 
seen. The Crane, in his turn, asked the Fox 
to eat with him, and set before him a pitcher 

with a long narrow mouth, so that he could 

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easily put his neck in, and enjoy its contents 
at his leisure ; while the Fox, unable even to 
tas t^ it, met with a fitting reward for his own 
inhtfspitality. 


The Fox who had Lost his 
Tail 

A Fox caught in a trap escaped with the 
loss of his tail. From that time on all the 
other Foxes made such fun of him that he 
made a plan to bring them all into the same 
condition he himself was in. He assembled a 
good many Foxes, and advised them to cut 
off their tails, saying "that they would not 
only look much better without them, but that 
they would get rid of the weight of the tail, 
which was not at all comfortable.” One of 
them interrupting him said, “ If you had not 
yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would 
not thus advise us,” 


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The Fox and the Crow 


A Crow having stolen a bit of meat, 
perched in a tree, and held it in her beak. 
A Fox who was very hungry took this means 
to get the meat for himself. “ How hand- 
some is the Crow,” he exclaimed, “ in the 
beauty of her shape and in the fairness of her 
complexion ! Oh, if her voice were only equal 
to her beauty, she would rightly be called the 
Queen of Birds ! ” This he said in a soft 
voice; but the Crow, anxious to show that 
her voice was equal to her other charms, set 
up a loud caw, and dropped the meat. The 
Fox quickly picked it up, and thus addressed 
the Crow : “ My good Crow, your voice is all 
right, but your wit is wanting.” 

Beware of flatterers . 



The Ass and the War H orse 

An Ass congratulated a Horse on being so 

well fed and cared for, while he himself had 

hardly enough to eat, nor even that without 

hard work. But when war broke out, the 

heavy-armed soldier mounted the Horse, rode 

to the war and rushed into the very midst of 

the enemy, and the Horse, being wounded, 

fell dead on the battle-field ; then the Ass, 

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seeing all these things* changed his mind* and 
was sorry for the Horse. 

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The Stag at the Spring 

A Stag came to a spring to drink. Seeing 
his own shadow in the water, he greatly ad- 
mired the size and variety of his horns, but 
felt angry with himself for having such slender 
and weak legs. While he was thus looking 
at himself, a Lion came to the water and got 
ready to spring upon him. The Stag at once 
took to flight ; and as long as the plain was 
smooth and open, kept himself with ease at a 
safe distance from the Lion. But entering a 
wood he became entangled by his horns ; and 
the Lion quickly came up with him and caught 
him. When too late he thus reproached him- 
self : “ Woe is me ! How have I deceived my- 
self! These feet which w 7 ould have saved me 
1 despised, and I was proud of these horns 
which have proved my destruction.” 

What is most truly valuable is often despised. 


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The Milkmaid and her Pail 

A Farmers daughter was carrying her pail 
of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when 
she began to think : “ The money for which 
this milk will be sold will buy at least three 
hundred eggs. The eggs, allowing for all 
accidents, will produce two hundred and fifty 
chickens. The chickens will become ready 
for the market when poultry will bring the 
highest price ; so that by the end of the year 
I shall have money enough to buy a new 
gown. In this dress I shall go to the Christ- 
mas dances, when all the young fellows will 
ask me to marry them, but I will toss my 
head, and refuse them evety one.” At this 
moment she really tossed her head as she 
thought of it, when down fell the Milk-pail 
to the ground, and all her fine plans were 
ruined in a moment. 

Do not count your chickens before they are 
hatched. 



1 he Mice in Council 

The Mice had a meeting to decide on the 
best way of knowing when their great enemy 
the Cat was coming near. Among the many 
plans, the one that seemed best was the pro- 
posal to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat, that 
the Mice being warned by the sound of the 
tinkling might run away and hide themselves 
in their holes at her approach. But when the 


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Mice tried to decide who among them should 
thus bell the Cat, there was no one found to 
do it. 


The Oxen and the Axle-trees 

A heavy wagon was being dragged along 
a country lane by a team of oxen. The axle- 
trees groaned and creaked terribly. The oxen 
turned round and said to the. wheels: “ PJullo 
there ! why do you make so much noise ? We 
have all the % labor, and we, not you, ought to 
cry out.” 

Those who suffer most cry out the least. 


The Ass Carrying the Image 

An Ass once carried through the streets of 
a city a famous wooden Image, to be placed 
in one of its temples. The crowd as he 
passed along bowed low before the Image. 


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The Ass, thinking that they bowed their 
heads out of respect for himself, bristled up 
with pride and gave himself airs, and refused 
to move another step. The driver seeing him 
stop, gave him a good whipping, and said, 
“ O you dull-head ! it is not yet come to this, 
that men pay worship to an Ass.” 

They are not wise who take to themselves 
the credit due to others . 


The Boy Bathing 

A Boy bathing in a river was in danger of 
being drowned. He called out to a traveler, 
passing by, for help. The traveler, instead of 
holding out a helping hand, stood by and 
scolded the boy for his imprudence. “ Oh, 
sir!” cried the youth, “pray help me now, 
and scold me afterwards.” 

Counsel without help is useless. 



The Fox and the Grapes 

A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of 
ripe black grapes hanging from a vine. He 
tried in every way to get at them, but wearied 
himself in vain, for he could not reach them. 
At last he turned away, with his nose in the 
air, and walked off, saying, “ The grapes are 
sour, and not ripe as I thought.” 


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The Gnat and the Bull 

A Gnat settled on the horn of a Bull, and 
sat there a long time. Just as he was about 
to fly off, he made a buzzing noise, and in- 
quired of the Bull if he would like him to go. 
The Bull replied, “ I did not know you had 
come, and I shall not miss you when you go 
away.” 

Some men are of more importance in their 
own eyes than in the eyes of their neighbors. 


The Miller, h is Son, and their 

Ass 

A Miller and his son were driving their 
Ass to a fair to sell him. They had not gone 
far when they met with a group of women 
round a well, talking and laughing. “ Look 


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there,” cried one of them, “ did you ever see 
such fellows, to be trudging along the road on 
foot when they might ride?” The old man 
hearing this quickly made his son mount the 
Ass, and continued to walk along by his side. 

Presently they came up to a group of old 
men. “ There,” said one of them, “ it proves 
what I was saying. What respect is shown to 
old age in these days ? Do you see that idle 
lad riding while his old father has to walk? 
Get down, you young rascal, and let the old 
man rest his weary limbs.” Upon this the old 
man made his son dismount, and got up him- 
self. In this manner they had not gone far 
when they met a group of women and chil- 
dren. “ Why, you lazy old fellow,” cried 
several of them at once, “ how can you ride 
upon the beast while that poor little lad there 
can hardly keep up by the side of you ? ” The 
good-natured Miller at once took up his son 
behind him. They had now almost reached 
the town. 

“ Pray, honest friend,” said a citizen, “is 


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that Ass your own?” “Yes,” said the old 
man. “ Oh, one would not have thought so,” 
said the other, “ by the way you load him. 
Why, you two fellows are better able to carry 
the poor beast than he you.” '‘Anything to 
please you,” said the old man ; “ we can but 
try.” So, getting off the Ass with his son, 
they tied his legs together, and by the help of 
the pole tried to carry him on their shoulders 
over a bridge near the town. 

This funny sight brought the people in 
crowds to laugh at it ; till the Ass, not liking 
the noise, nor the strange things that they were 
doing to him, broke the cords that bound 
him, and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the 
river. Upon this the old man, angry and 
ashamed, made the best of his way home 
again, convinced that by trying to please 
everybody he had pleased nobody, and lost 
his Ass into the bargain. 



The Bear and the Two Travelers 

Two men were traveling together, when a 
Bear suddenly met them on their path. One 
of them climbed up quickly into a tree, and 
hid himself in the branches. The other, see- 
ing that he could not escape, fell flat on the 
ground, and when the Bear came up and felt 
him with his snout, and smelt him all over, 
he held his breath, and pretended to be dead. 
The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will 



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not touch a dead body. When he was quite 
gone, the other traveler came down from the 
tree, laughing, and asked his friend “ what it 
was the Bear had whispered in his ear ?” He 
replied, u He gave me this advice: Never 
travel with a friend who deserts you at the 
approach of danger.” 

Danger is the best test of friendship. 


The North Wind and the Sun 

The North, Wind and the Sun disputed 
which was the more powerful, and agreed that 
he should be the victor who could first strip 
a wayfaring man of his clothes. The North 
Wind first tried his power, and blew with all 
his might ; but the keener became his blasts, 
the closer the Traveler wrapped his cloak 
around him ; till at last, giving up all hope of 
victory, he called upon the Sun to see what 
he could do. The Sun suddenly shone out 


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with all his warmth. The Traveler no sooner 
felt his warm rays than he took off one gar- 
ment after another, and at last, fairly over- 
come with heat, undressed, and bathed in a 

stream that was near by_ 

Persuasion is better than force. 


The F ox and the Hed^ehoo- 

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A Fox swimming across a rapid river was 
carried by the force of the current to the 
shore, where he lay for a^long time very much 
hurt and sick, and unable to move. A swarm 
of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him. 
A Hedgehog passing by was sorry for him, 
and asked if he should drive away the flies 
that were biting him. “ By no means,” re- 
plied the Fox; “pray do not touch them.” 
“ How is this?” said the Hedgehog ; “do you 
not want to be rid of them?” “No,” re- 
turned the Fox ; “ for these flies which you 
see are full of blood, and sting me but little. 


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If you drive away these which are already full, 
others more hungry will come in their place, 
and will drink up all the blood I have left.” 


The Wild Ass and the Lion 

A Wild Ass and a Lion entered into an alli- 
ance that they might capture the beasts of the 
forest with the greater ease. The Lion agreed 
to assist the Wild Ass with his strength, while 
the Wild Ass gave thg Lion the benefit of his 
greater speed. When they had taken as many 
beasts as they needed, the Lion divided the 
prey into three shares. “ I will take the first 
share,” he said, “ because I am King ; and the 
second share, as a partner with you in the 
chase ; and the third share (believe me) will 
be a source of great evil to you, unless you 
willingly give it to me, and run off as fast as 
you can.” 

Might makes right . 



The Ass and the Wolf 

An Ass, feeding in a meadow, saw a Wolf 
approaching to seize him, and immediately 
pretended to be lame. The Wolf, coming 
up, asked the cause of his lameness. The Ass 
said that passing through a hedge he trod with 
his foot upon a sharp thorn, and asked the 
Wolf to pull it out, lest when he ate him it 
should injure his throat. The Wolf lifted up 




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the foot, and while he was giving his- whole 
mind to finding the thorn, the Ass with his 
heels kicked the wolfs teeth into his mouth 
and galloped away. The Wolf, who was very 
much hurt, said, “ It serves me right ; for why 
did I try the art of healing, when my father 
only taught me the trade of a butcher? ’ 


The Lion, the Bear, and the 
Fox 

A Lion and a Bear seized upon a kid at the 
same moment, and fought fiercely for its pos- 
session. When they had fearfully wounded 
each other, and were faint from the long fight, 
they lay down to rest for a moment A Fox, 
who had gone round them at a distance sev- 
eral times, seeing them both stretched on the 
ground, and the Kid lying untouched in the 
middle, ran in between them, and seizing the 
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the Bear saw him, hut not being able to get 
up, said, “ Woe betide us, that we should have 
fought and hurt ourselves only for the benefit 
of a Fox !” 

It sometimes happens that one man has all 
the toil , and another all the profit . 


The Traveler and Fortune 

A Traveler, wearied with a long journey, 
lay down quite tired out on the very brink of 
a deep well. Being within an inch of falling 
into the water, Dame Fortune, it is . said, ap- 
peared to him, and waking him from his 
slumber, thus addressed him : “ Good Sir, 

pray wake up : for if you fall into the well, 
the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall 
get an ill name among mortals ; for I find 
that men are sure to blame me for all their 
troubles, however much by their own folly 


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they have really brought them on them- 
selves.” 

Every one is more or less master of his own 
fate. 

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The Ass, the Cock, and the 
Lion 

An Ass and a Cork were in a straw-yard to- 
gether, when a Lion, desperate from hunger, 
came near the spot. He was about to spring 
upon the Ass, when the Cock (the sound of 
whose voice, it is said, will always frighten a 
lion) crowed loudly, and the Lion ran away as 
fast as he could. The Ass noticing his fear at 
the mere crowing of a Cock, all at once be- 
came very brave, and galloped after him with 
the purpose of attacking him. He had run no 
long distance, when the Lion, turning about, 
seized him and tore him in pieces. 

False confidence often leads into danger. 



The Dog and the Shadow 

A Dog, crossing a bridge over a stream 
with a piece of meat in his mouth, saw his own 
shadow in the water, and took it for that of 
another Dog, with a piece of meat double his 
own in size. He therefore let go his own, and 
fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his 
larger piece from him. He thus lost both : 
that which he grasped at in the water, because 
it was a shadow ; and his own, because the 
stream carried it away. 


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The Crab and its Mother 

A Crab said to her son, “ Why do you walk 
so one-sided, my child? It is far nicer to go 
straight forward.” The young Crab replied : 
“ Quite true, dear mother ; and if you will 
show me the straight, way, I will promise to 
walk in it” The mother tried to walk 
straight, but as she could not do so herself, 
she had to stop finding fault with her child. 

Example is more powerful than precept. 


The Ass in the Lion’s Skin 

An Ass, having put on the Lion s skin, ran 
about in the forest, and frightened all the fool- 
ish animals he met on the way. At last meet- 
ing a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but 
the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his 
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have been frightened myself, if I had not 
heard your bray.” 


The Ass and his Purchaser 

A man wished to purchase an Ass, and 
agreed with its owner that he should try him 
before he bought him. He took the Ass 
home, and put him in the straw-yard with his 
other Asses, upon which he left all the others, 
and joined himself at once to the most idle 
and the greatest eater of them all. The man 
put a halter on him, and led him back to his 
owner ; and on his asking how, in so short a 
time, he could have made a trial of him, “ I 
do not need,” he answered, “ a trial : I know 
that he will be just such another as the one 
whom of all the rest he chose for his com- 
panion.” i 

A man is known by the \ company he keeps . 


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The Eagle and the Jackdaw 

An Eagle flying down from his nest on a 
high rock, seized upon a lamb, and carried 
him aloft in his talons. A Jackdaw, who saw 
the capture of the lamb, was very envious, 
and thought he would try it too. He flew 
round with a great noise of his wings, and 
settled upon a large sheep ; but his claws be- 
coming entangled in its fleece, he was not 
able to get away, although he fluttered with 
his feathers as much as he could. The shep- 
herd, seeing what had happened, ran up and 
caught him. He at once clipped his wings, 
and taking him home at night, gave him to 
his children. On their saying,. “ Father, what 
kind of bird is it?” he replied, “To my cer- 
tain knowledge he is a Daw ; but he will have 
it that he is an Eagle.” 



The Mischievous Dog 

A Dog used to run up quietly to the heels 
of every one he met, and to bite them without 
notice. His master hung a bell about his 
neck, so that every one might know that he 
was near. The Dog grew proud of his bell, 
and went tinkling it all over the town. An 
old hound said to him: “Why do you make 

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carry is not, believe me, anything to be proud 
of, but, on the contrary, a mark of disgrace, a 
public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill- 
mannered dog.” 

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame. 


The Lion, the Wolf, and the 

Fox 

A Lion, growing old, lay sick in his cave. 
All the beasts came to visit their King, except 
the Fox. The Wolf therefore, thinking that 
he had a good chance; accused the Fox to the 
Lion for not paying any respect to him who 
had the rule over them all, and for not coming 
to visit him. At that very moment the Fox 
came in, and heard these last words of the 
Wolf. The Lion roaring out in a rage against 
him, he tried to defend himself, and said, 
“ And who of all those who have come to you 
have helped you so much as I, who have trav- 
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have learned from the physicians the means 
of healing you ? ” The Lion commanded him 
at once to tell him the cure, when he replied, 
“ You must skin a wolf alive, and wrap his 
skin yet warm around you.” The Wolf was at 
once taken and skinned ; whereupon the Fox, 
turning to him, said, with a smile, “You 
should have moved your master not to ill, but 
to good will.” 


The Monkey and the Camel 

The beasts of the forest gave a great feast, 
at which the Monkey stood up and danced. 
Having amused everybody, he sat down 
amidst great applause. The Camel, envious 
of the praises given to the Monkey, proposed 
to stand up in his turn, and dance for their 
amusement. He moved about in such a 
clumsy way that the Beasts in great anger 
beat him with clubs, and drove him out. 

It is absurd to ape our betters . 


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The Lion and the Three Bulls 

Three Bulls for a long time pastured to- 
gether. A Lion lay in hiding in the hope of 
making them his prey, but was afraid to attack 
them whilst they kept together. Having at 
last by crafty speeches succeeded in separating 
them, he attacked them without fear, as they 
fed alone, and feasted on them one by one at 
his leisure. 

Union is strength . 


The Hen and the Golden Eggs 

A man and his wife had a Hen, which laid 
every day a golden egg. They supposed that 
it must contain a great lump of gold, and 
killed it in order that they might get the 
treasure, when to their surprise they found that 
the Hen was just like other hens inside. The 
foolish pair, thus hoping to become rich all 
at once, lost the gain of which they were sure 
every day. 



The Dog in the Manger 

A Dog lay in a manger, and by his. growl- 
ing and snapping prevented the oxen from 
eating the hay which had been put there for 
them. “What a mean Dog!” said one of 
them to his companions; “he cannot eat the 
hay himself, and yet will not allow those to 
eat who can.” 


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The Wolf and the Lion 

A Wolf walking on the mountain’s side as 
the sun was setting, saw his own shadow be- 
come greatly extended, and said to himself, 
“Why should I, being of such an immense 
size, and extending nearly an acre in length, 
be afraid of the Lion ? Ought I not to be 
King of all the beasts?” While he was en- 
joying these proud thoughts a Lion fell upon 
him and killed him. He exclaimed with a 
too late repentance, “ Alas! this conceit is the 
cause of my destruction.” 


The Lark and her Young Ones 

A Lark had made her nest in the early 
spring on the young green wheat. The brood 
had almost grown to t-heir proper strength, 
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field, looking at his crop, now quite ripe, said, 
“The time is come when I must send to all 
my neighbors to help me with my harvest.” 
One of the young Larks heard what he said, 
and told it to his mother, asking her where 
they should move for safety. “There is no 
need to move yet, my son,” she replied ; “ the 
man who only sends to his friends to help him 
with his harvest is not really in earnest.” The 
owner of the field again came a few days later, 
and saw the wheat shedding the grain from ex- 
cess of ripeness, and said, “ I will come myself 
to-morrow with my laborers, and with as many 
reapers as I can hire, and will get in the har- 
vest.” The Lark on hearing these words said 
to her brood, “It is time now to be off, my 
little ones, for the man is in earnest this time ; 
he no longer Uusts to his friends, but will reap 
the field himself.” 

Self-help is the best help . 



The Wolf and the Horse 

A Wolf coming out of a field of oats met 
with a Horse, and thus addressed him : “ I 
would advise you to go into that field. It is 
full of very nice oats, which I have left for 
you, as you are a friend the very sound of 
whose teeth it will be a pleasure to me to 

hear.” The Horse replied, “ If oats had been 

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the food of wolves, you would never have in- 
dulged your ears at the cost of your stomach.’’ 

Men of bad reputation , when they perform a 
good deed , fail to get credit for it. 


The Thief and the Innkeeper 

A Thief hired a room in an inn, and stayed 
some days, in the hope of stealing something 
which should help him to pay his bill. When 
he had waited some days in vain, he saw the 
Innkeeper dressed in a new and handsome 
coat, and sitting before his door. The Thief 
sat down beside him, and talked with him. 
As the conversation began to be dull, the 
Thief yawned terribly, and at the same time 
howled like a wolf. The Innkeeper said, 
“Why do you howl so fearfully?” “I will 
tell you,” said the Thief ; “ but first let me 
ask you to hold my clothes, for I wish to 
leave them in your hands. 1 know not, sir, 


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when I got this habit of yawning, nor whether 
these attacks of howling were inflicted on me 
to punish me for my crimes, or for any other 
cause ; but this I do know, that when I yawn 
for the third time I actually turn into a wolf, 
and attack men.” With this speech he com- 
menced a second fit of yawning, and again 
howled like a wolf, as he did at first. The 
Innkeeper hearing his tale, and believing 
what he said, became greatly frightened and, 
rising from his seat, attempted to run away. 
The Thief laid hold of his coat, and begged 
him to stop, saying, “ Pray wait, sir, and hold 
my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces in 
my fury, when I turn into a wolf.” At the 
same moment he yawned the third time, and 
set up a howl like a wolf. The Innkeeper, 
frightened lest he should be attacked, left his 
new coat in the Thief’s hand, and ran as fast 
as he could into the inn for safety. The Thief 
made off with his new coat, and did not return 
again to the inn. 

Every tale is not to be believed. 



The Wolf and the Crane 

A Wolf, having a bone stuck in his throat, 
hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her 
head into his throat and draw out the bone. 
When the Crane had pulled out the bone, 
and asked for the promised payment, the 
Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, ex- 
claimed : “ Why, you have surely already been 
paid enough in having been allowed to draw 


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out your head in safety from the mouth and 
jaws of a wolf.” 

In serving the wicked , expect no reward , 
and be thankful if you escape injury for your 
pains . 


The Trees and the Axe 

A man came into a forest, and asked the 
Trees to give him a handle for his axe. The 
Trees consented to his request, and gave him 
a young ash-tree. No sooner had the man 
made from it a new handle for his axe, than he 
began to use it, and quickly felled with his 
strokes the noblest giants of the forest. An 
old oak, lamenting when too late the destruc- 
tion of his companions, said to a cedar that 
stood near him, “The first step has lost us all. 
If we had not given up the rights of the ash, 
we might yet have kept our own rights, and 
have stood for ages.” 


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The Lion and the Shepherd 

A Lion, roaming through a forest, trod 
upon a thorn, and soon after came up towards 
a Shepherd, and fawned ' upon him, wagging 
his tail, as if he would say, “ I am a suppliant, 
and seek your aid.” The Shepherd boldly ex- 
amined, and placing the foot upon his lap, dis- 
covered the thorn, pulled it out and relieved 
the Lion of his pain, who returned into the 
forest. Some time after, the Shepherd, being 
imprisoned on a false accusation, was condemned 
“to be cast to the lions,” as the punishment 
of his imputed crime. The Lion, on being 
released from his cage, recognized the Shep- 
herd as the man who healed him, and, instead 
of attacking him, approached and placed his 
foot upon his lap. The King, as soon as he 
heard the tale, ordered the Lion to be set free 
again in the forest, and the Shepherd to be 
pardoned and restored to his friends. 



The Hare and the Tortoise 

A Hare one day made fun of the short feet 
and slow pace of the Tortoise. The latter, 
laughing, said : “Though you run as swiftly as 
the wind, I will beat you in a race.” The 
Hare, thinking this to be simply impossible, 
said that he would like to have a race; and 
they agreed that the Fox should choose the 
course and fix the goal. On the day of the 
race they started together. The Tortoise 

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never for a moment stopped, but went on 
with a slow but steady pace straight to the 
end of the course. The Hare, trusting to his 
swiftness of foot, cared little about the race, 
and lying down by the waysid'e, fell fast asleep. 
At last waking up, and moving as fast as he 
could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the 
goal and was taking a nap. 


The Crow and the Sheep 

A troublesome Crow seated herself on the 
back of a Sheep. The Sheep, much against 
his will, carried her backward and forward for 
a long time, and at last said, “ If you had 
treated a dog in this way, you would have had 
your deserts from his sharp teeth.” To this 
the Crow replied : “ I despise the weak and 
yield to the strong. I know whom I may 
bully and whom I must flatter; and I thus 
prolong my life to a good old age.” 


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The Wolf and the Goat 

A Wolf saw a Goat feeding at the top of 
a high rock, where he had not a chance of 
reaching her. He called to her, and begged 
her to come lower down, lest she should by 
some accident get a fall ; and he added that 
in the meadows where he was standing the 
grass was most tender. She replied, “No, 
my friend, it is not me that you invite to eat 
the grass, but you yourself are in want of 
food.” 


The Mule 

A Mule, feeling lively from want of work 
and from eating a great deal of corn, galloped 
about the fields and said to himself: “My 
father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I 
am his own child in speed and spirit.” On 
the next day, being driven a long journey and 
feeling very weary, he exclaimed very sadly ; 
“I must have made a mistake; my father, 
after all, could have been only an ass.” 



The Clown and the Country- 
man 

A rich man once opened the theaters with- 
out charge to the people, and gave a public 
notice that he would reward any person who 
should invent a new amusement for the occa- 
sion. Various public performers contended 
for the prize. Among them came a Clown 

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well known among the people for his jokes, 
and said that he had a kind of entertainment 
which had never been brought out on any 
stage before. This report being spread about 
made a great stir in the place, and the theater 
was crowded in every part. The Clown ap- 
peared alone upon the stage, and the very 
sense of expectation caused an intense silence. 
The Clowp suddenly bent his head towards 
his bosom, and imitated the squeaking of a 
little pig so admirably with his voice that the 
audience declared that he had a porker under 
his cloak, and demanded that it should be 
shaken out. When that was done and yet 
nothing was found, they cheered the actor 
and loaded him with the loudest applause. A 
Countryman in the crowd, observing all that 
had passed, said, “So help me Hercules, he 
shall not beat me at that trick !” and at once 
proclaimed that he would do the same thing 
on the next day, though in a much more nat- 
ural way. On the morrow a still larger crowd 
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for their favorite actor very generally prevailed, 
and the audience came rather to ridicule the 
Countryman than to see the spectacle. Both 
of the performers, however, appeared. 

The Clown grunted and squeaked away 
first, and obtained, as on the preceding day, 
the applause and cheers of the spectators. 
Next the Countryman began, and pretend- 
ing that he concealed a little pig beneath 
his clothes (which in truth he did, but not sus- 
pected of the audience) contrived to lay hold 
of and to pull his ear, when the pig began to 
squeak, and to express in his pain the actual 
cry of the pig. The crowd, however, cried 
out with one consent that the Clown had 
given a far more exact imitation, and clamored 
for the Countryman to be kicked out of the 
theater. On this the rustic produced the little 
pig from his cloak, and showed by the most 
positive proof the greatness of their mistake. 
“ Look here,” he said: “this shows what sort 
of judges you are.” 



The Wolf and the Sheep 

A Wolf, badly wounded and bitten by 
dogs, lay sick and helpless in his den. Being 
in want of food, he called to a Sheep, who 
was passing, and asked him to fetch some 
water from a stream flowing close beside him. 
“For,” he said, “if you will bring me drink, 
I will find means to provide myself with 

meat.” “Yes,” said the Sheep, “if I should 

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bring you the drink, you would doubtless 
make me provide the meat also.” 


The Mother and the Wolf 

A starving Wolf was prowling about in the 
morning in search of food. As he passed the 
door of a cottage built in the forest, he heard 
a Mother say to her child, “ Be quiet, or I will 
throw you out of the window, and the Wolf 
shall eat you.” The Wolf sat all day waiting 
at the door. In the evening he heard the 
same woman, kissing her child and saying : 
** He is quiet now, and if the Wolf should 
come, we will kill him.” The Wolf, hearing 
these words, went home, shaking with cold 
and hunger. On his reaching his den, his wife 
asked him why he came back weary and hun- 
gry. He replied, “ Why, indeed ! — because I 
put my trust in the words of a woman ! ” 


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The Hunter and the Woodman 

A Hunter, not very bold, was searching for 
the tracks of a Lion. He asked a man felling 
oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of 
his footsteps, or if he knew where his lair was. 
“ I will,” he said, “at once show you the Lion 
himself.” The Hunter, turning very pale, and 
chattering with his teeth from fear, replied, 
“No, thank you. I did not ask that; it is 
his track only I am in search of, not the Lion 
himself.” 

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words. 


The Swollen Fox 

A Fox, very much famished, seeing some 
bread and meat left by shepherds in the hollow 
of an oak, crept into the hole and made a 
hearty meal. When he finished he was so 
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to groan and lament very sadly. Another 
Fox, passing by, heard his cries, and coming 
up, inquired the cause of his complaining. 
On learning what had happened, he said to 
him, “Ah, you will have to remain there, my 
friend, until you become such as you were 
when you crept in, and then you will easily get 
out.” 


The Ass and the Mule 

A Mule-driver set forth on a journey, driv- 
ing before him an Ass and a Mule, both well 
laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along 
the plain, carried his load with ease ; but when 
he began to ascend the steep path of the 
mountain, he felt his load to be more than he 
could bear. He entreated his companion to 
relieve him of a small portion, that he might 
carry home the rest ; but the Mule paid no 
attention to the request. The Ass shortly 


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afterwards fell down dead under his burden. 
The Mule-driver, not knowing what else to 
do in so wild a region, placed upon the Mule 
the load carried by the Ass in addition to his 
own, and at the top of all placed the hide of 
the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, 
groaning beneath his heavy burden, said thus 
to himself : “ I am treated according to my 
deserts. If I had only been willing to assist 
the Ass a little in his need, I should not now 
be bearing, together with his burden, himself 
as well.” 


The Cat and the Cock 

A Cat caught a Cock, and took counsel 
with himself how he might find a reasonable 
excuse for eating him. He accused him as 
being a nuisance to men, by crowing in the 
night-time and not permitting them to sleep. 
The Cock defended himself by saying that he 


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5$ 

did this for the benefit of men, that they might 
rise early for their labors* The Cat replied, 
“ Although you abound in ingenious apolo- 
gies, I shall not remain supperless ; ” and he 
made a meal of him. 


The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing 

Once upon a time a Wolf resolved to dis- 
guise his nature by changing his skin, so that 
he might get all the food he wanted. En- 
cased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with 
the flock, deceiving the shepherd by his trick. 
In the evening he was shut up by the shepherd 
in the fold ; the gate was closed, and the 
entrance made thoroughly secure. The shep- 
herd coming into the fold during the night to 
provide food for the morrow, caught up the 
Wolf, instead of a sheep, and killed him in the 
fold with his knife. 



1 he Dog, the Cock, and the 
Fox 

A Dog and a Cock, being great friends, 
agreed to travel together. At night they 
took shelter in a thick wood. The Cock, fly- 
ing up, perched himself on the branches of a 
tree, while the Dog found a bed beneath 
in the hollow trunk. When the mornin^ 

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dawned, the Coek, as usual, crowed very 
loudly several times. A Fox hearing the 
sound, and wishing to make a breakfast on 
him, came and stood under the branches, say- 
ing how much he desired to make the ac- 
quaintance of the owner of so beautiful a 
voice. The Cock, suspicious of such speeches, 
said : “ Sir, I wish you would do me the favor 
to go round to the hollow trunk below me, 
and wake up my porter, that he may open the 
door and let you in.” On the Fox approach- 
ing the tree, the Dog sprang out and caught 
him, and tore him in pieces. 


The Fighting Cocks and the 
Eagle 

Two Game-cocks were fiercely fighting for 
the mastery of the farmyard. One at last put 
the other to flight. The vanquished Cock 
skulked away and hid himself in a quiet 


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corner. The conqueror, flying up to a high 
wall, flapped his wings and crowed exultingly 
with all his might. An Eagle sailing through 
the air pounced upon him, and carried him off 
in his talons. The vanquished Cock immedi- 
ately came out of his corner, and ruled hence- 
forth with undisputed mastery. 

Pride goes before destruction . 


The Ass and his Shadow 

A traveler hired an Ass to convey him to a 
distant place. The day being very hot, and 
the sun shining in its strength, the traveler 
stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the 
heat under the Shadow of the Ass. As this 
only afforded protection for one, and as the 
traveler and the owner of the Ass both 
claimed it, a violent dispute arose between 
them as to which of them had the right to it. 
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only, and not his Shadow. The traveler as- 
serted that he had, with the hire of the Ass, 
hired his Shadow also. The quarrel proceeded 
from words to blows, and while the men 
fought the Ass galloped off. 

In quarreling about the shadow we often 
lose the substance. 


The Ass and his Masters 

An Ass belonging to an herb-seller, who gave 
him too little food and too much work, made a 
petition to Jupiter that he would release him 
from his present service and provide him with 
another master. Jupiter, after warning him 
that he would repent his request, caused him 
to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, 
finding that he had heavier loads to carry and 
harder work in the brick-field, he petitioned 
for another change of master. Jupiter, telling 
him that it would be the last time that he 


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could grant his request, ordained that he 
should be sold to a tanner. The Ass finding 
that he had fallen into worse hands, and not- 
ing his master’s occupation, said, groaning : 
“ It would have been better for me to have 
been either starved by the one, or to have been 
overworked by the other, of my former mas- 
ters, than to have been bought by my present 
owner, who will even after I am dead tan my 
hide and make me useful to him.” 


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106 Macaulay's Essay on Bos- 
well’s Johnson. 


107 Mandeville’s Travels and Wy- 
cliffe’s Bible. (Selections.) 
108-1 09 Macaulay's Essay on Fred- 
erick the Great. 

110-111 Milton's Samson Agonis- 
tes. I ^ 

112-113-114 Franklin's Autobiog- 
raphy. 

115-116 Herodotus's Stories of 
Croesus, Cyrus, and Babylon. 

117 Irving’s Alhambra. 

118 Burke’s Present Discontents. 

119 Burke’s Speech on Concilia- 
tion with American Colonies. 

120 Macaulay’s Essay on Byron. 
121-122 Motley's Peter the Greati 

123 Emerson’s American Scholar. 

124 Arnold’s Sohrab and Bnstum) 
125-126 Longfellow’s Evangeline. 

127 Andersen's Danish Fairy Tales. 
(Selected.) 

128 Tennyson's The Coming of 
Arthur and The Passing of 
Arthur. 

129 Lowell's The Vision of Sir 
Launfal, and other Poems. via 

130 Whittier’s Songs of Labor, and 

other Poems. 

131 Words of Abraham Liaco^a 

132 Grimm's German Fairy Tales. 

(Selected.) 


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